1996 15 hp force gamefisher winterize

I was just wondering the propper way to winterise my new 1996 gamefisher 15 hp. I got the motor from my uncle this past spring who had it in the origional crate with tie downs and all. He bought it in 97 new and it didnt run right so he took it to the shop under warrenty and they didnt know what was wrong or at least they ran it and it ran fine. He sold it to me for 300 beans and i ran it only to find that the primer bulb was loosing its prime. I replaced a few parts in the fuel pump area before i found a crack in the filter housing that was sucking in air. I replaced that and i had a strong running 15 that starts on the 1st pull everytime even on a weak pull. the motor had less than 3 hours when i got it and i followed the break in instructions. I have already moved the motor into the heated basement for the winter but was curious as to how to winterise it so it is fresh in the spring. I am not sure wether to run it out of gas with sta-bil in the gas? I heard people putting oil in the cylinders through the spark plugs? I hear a term Fogging but i dont know what that means. Thanks in advance for any input!!

Re: 1996 15 hp force gamefisher winterize

http://forums.iboats.com/bbBoard.cgi?a=viewthread;fid=36;gtid=1035565

http://www.brownsmarina.com/tech-winter-outboard.html

Re: 1996 15 hp force gamefisher winterize

I have a 1981 Johnson 9hp and it was always stored in the furnace room where it is always warm.
Store it with carb full of gas at times and emptied carb at other times ... I dont realy know what is best but it always started on second pull every spring when I took it out.

Now own a second OB 1997 Force 15 hp ... this year I am winterising with empty carbs. I think what kills OB in the winter time is being stored at outside temperature variations thus building humidity in the carb and pistons. OB stored in continueous warm temp dont seem to catch cold ... LOL

Cheers